FY01 Access Grants

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, $50,000
To support Building Bridges to the Community, an
educational and community partnership initiative. The goals of this
initiative include ongoing education and outreach activities and
increased technology, training and access components.

Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay, $5,000To support concerts in a new venue. This project
will extend the concerts currently performed at the Norris Theatre for
the Performing Arts in Palos Verdes to include two performances at the
Warner Grand Theater in San Pedro.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Consortium), $100,000To support the community festival Plazas de Mexico.
This Mexican American neighborhood festival, which will feature the
Armonia Musicians Residency Program, will offer free access to music
and music education.

Civic Orchestra of Chicago, $25,000To support the Performances in the Community
project. These free concerts throughout Chicago will engage a broad and
diverse community and increase access to classical music.

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, $22,500To support Adventures in Music, young
persons' educational concerts. The Orchestra will spend a week
presenting 12 concerts each in Harlingen and McAllen, Texas to more
than 20,000 school children.

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (Consortium), $7,500To support free public concerts by the Indianapolis
Symphony Orchestra to diverse audiences in public parks in
Indianapolis. Plans for the project include expanding the two free
concerts that normally take place each year to four free concerts in
new locations.

Minot Symphony Orchestra, $5,000To support Cultivating Symphonic Seeds in the
Heartland. This outreach project is designed around mentoring
activities for students in a youth orchestra and a community music
school in rural North Dakota.

Nashville Symphony, $15,000To support American Heritage: Discovery! This
program will integrate music, social studies and language arts
curricula with a focus on the history of American invention and
technology and culminate with live concerts for students and teachers
at the War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville.

New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, $10,000To support a statewide tour. The 47-member orchestra
will expand to 60 players for tour performances and morning youth
concerts in 15 communities.

Omaha Symphony, $20,000To support a statewide tour targeting rural
populations. The tour to 12 communities will also include educational
activities for preschool through high school students at five of the
locations.

The Phoenix Symphony (Consortium), $20,000To support One Nation. The series of
education programs for the local Native American community will include
master classes for grades seven to 12, a classroom concert for
elementary students, and a free family community concert.

Queens Symphony Orchestra, $22,500To support an audience development campaign,
presenting subscription concerts throughout the borough. This
decentralization plan will mirror the enclaves of Queens, one of the
most ethnically diverse counties in the nation.

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (Consortium), $55,000To support the Concert Residency Series. The
programming of free, informal classical music concerts will be expanded
to six venues of residencies and concerts in Missouri and Illinois.

South Dakota Symphony, $5,000To support a residency by the Dakota Wind Quintet
for Native American school children. A collaborative work will be
created and performed for the students' community.

Tucson Symphony Orchestra, $10,000To support the Southern Arizona Residency. The
project consists of an educational component and a public concert in
four rural communities in southern Arizona.

Vermont Symphony Orchestra, $20,000To support the Made in Vermont Music Festival Tour.
Educational activities and community concert programs will be toured to
ten underserved rural communities in Vermont.

West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, $10,000To support a statewide tour to underserved rural
communities. The symphony will reach audiences in ten communities
through fall and spring tours.

The Women's Philharmonic, $30,000To support collaborations between women composers
and performing artists as well as a composer symposium. Four
collaborations are planned that will include commissioning a new work
as well as highlighting the Philharmonic's 20 years of programming.

Related Grants

American Music Center, $22,500To support NewMusicBox.org, a Web magazine for new
music. The American Music Center will expand promotion and marketing
efforts to build new and more diverse audiences for the field of new
music, promote the work of American composers, and generate an
increased number of new music performances nationwide.

Meet The Composer, $70,000To support Residency Works, a national audience
development project to further public appreciation for new American
music. More than 1,000 composers will be participating in this
community engagement endeavor, cultivating relationships between
composers and communities across the country.